Diet vs weight

I am never a health conscious person. I will eat whatever and whenever I feel like it. Maybe is because I am always skinny thus I am not overly concern of my weight. Actually I am looking at way to increase them (maybe I am also like others but in an opposite direction). I love all sort of sin foods such as Kong Ba Bao, stew pork trotters or pork knuckles, Char Kway Teow with cockles of course and morning You Tiao. Hmm make me drools. And I will never think of how much calories I have consume for the day.


However, I always heard from colleagues or friends that they will restrict or avoid certain food/(s) just to reduce weight and sometimes for better health. A lot of them are counting their calories intake. Going for slimming course. Sometimes looking at them I feel sad. Cannot eat things we like, worry of being over ate. What sort of life is this. We only live life once, why can't we enjoy ourselves. Maybe not all the time but occasional, why not??? Isn't a healthy life more important.

So I came across a article on strategies for a healthy diet, find it quite meaningful and will like to share with people who are always concern about their weight and diet.

Strategies for a healthy diet

Eat enough calories but not too many. Maintain a balance between your calorie intake and calorie expenditure—that is, don't eat more food than your body uses. The average recommended daily allowance is 2,000 calories, but this depends on your age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity.

Eat a wide variety of foods. Healthy eating is an opportunity to expand your range of choices by trying foods—especially vegetables, whole grains, or fruits—that you don't normally eat.

Keep portions moderate, especially high-calorie foods. In recent years serving sizes have ballooned, particularly in restaurants. Choose a starter instead of an entrée, split a dish with a friend, and don’t order supersized anything.

Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes—foods high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, and free of cholesterol. Try to get fresh, local produce food.

Drink more water. Our bodies are about 75% water. It is a vital part of a healthy diet. Water helps flush our systems, especially the kidneys and bladder, of waste products and toxins.

Limit sugary foods, salt, and refined-grain products. Sugar is added to a vast array of foods. In a year, just one daily 12-ounce can of soda (160 calories) can increase your weight by 16 pounds.


Don’t be the food police. You can enjoy your favorite sweets and fried foods in moderation, as long as they are an occasional part of your overall healthy diet. Food is a great source of pleasure, and pleasure is good for the heart – even if those French fries aren’t!

Get moving. A healthy diet improves your energy and feelings of well-being while reducing your risk of many diseases. Adding regular physical activity and exercise will make any healthy eating plan work even better.

One step at a time. Establishing new food habits is much easier if you focus on and take action on one food group or food fact at a time.


You see even in the articles ask people not to be food police. Just eat all kinds of food and not being selective. But keep portions moderate. Doesn't this make life easier. Eventually we will feel great, healthy and naturally we will look good. This is the way of living. Work, study, marriage already have so much stress. We should not add extra stress to ourselves. So don't worry be happy, big or small size, weight is not really that important. Health is!